GOOD SAMARITAN INTERNATIONAL​The story of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:25-37 tells us about loving your neighbor as yourself.

This parable is the motivation for GSI to bring hope, healing, and God's love to the Mayan families of Guatemala and the world.

WELCOME TO GOOD SAMARITAN INTERNATIONALThe GSI Director and Founder, Peggy Tuttle, went to Santa Cruz Barillas, Guatemala in 1992 during their 36 year civil war. Barillas was a hot spot for the war and the medical need was great. She began by organizing village clinics with US Volunteer Medical Teams, which started a lifetime of commitment to the K'anjobal Mayan people, whom she grew to love and cherish. GSI was founded in 2003, focusing on special children in a village with a very rare genetic disease called Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP). Children were dying in the village and no one knew why. Today, motivated by God's love for the Mayan people, GSI partners and provides programs in education, medical care, surgeries, gospel material, construction projects, and humanitarian aid for the poor in this region of more than 200,000 K'anjobal indigenous people. (GSI is a U.S. based non-profit 501 (c) 3 Charity Organization. All administrators, directors, and staff are volunteers.)

View from the GSI Mission House, our base of operation located in the Northwest Cuchumatanes Mountains of Santa Cruz Barillas, Huehuetenango, Guatemala

Serving 200,000 K'anjobal Mayans

NEWS UPDATE:

VOLUNTEERS:We were very blessed to have Bree and Nick volunteer at our mission base in Barillas this spring. Bree is a medical student at the UW in Seattle, WA studying dermatology. She shared her amazing experience working with the XP children Nick established the Garden Projects for the XP families. They did a fantastic job!

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GUATEMALA GUEST COMING TO WASHINGTONLila Gonzales has worked with us for 16 years. She began as a maid in the mission house, then our cook, and eventually we gave her a scholarship to become a nurse. She has worked with all our medical teams on village clinics and surgeries for the XP children. October 15th, Lila, a wonderful servant of the Lord, will visit us for 2 weeks sharing about her experiences in Guatemala with the GSI Teams.

SPRING 2017 - SURGERY TEAM COMING TO BARILLAS -
Dr. Bari Cunningham and a team of US doctors have worked with us for several years bring surgery teams to operate on the XP children with cancer. Dr. Gary Fudem will again be our surgeon from Seattle, Washington. Dr. Fred Mihm will join us from Stanford in San Francisco, CA. We appreciate this wonderful group of dedicated doctors to bring aid to the XP children.

Sam Schmeckpepper and family!Sam is volunteering in Barillas during the months of July and August 2017 to help with the Bible Distribution, Kitchen Construction, and XP Projects. Great job SAM!